Frequently Asked Questions
Conducting The Survey» Why should valuable instruction time be used to administer this survey?
» Why is the survey conducted in grades 5, 7, 9, & 11?
» What will be the cost to my district?
Survey Requirements in California
» What are the survey requirements in California?
» How do I know if I've surveyed enough students to have representative data?
» Survey requirements under the Federal Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP).
» Survey requirements when carrying over Title IV funding from year to year.
Parent Consent Issues
» Under what conditions may passive consent be used?
» Can passive consent be used in some grades and schools but not in others?
» What if my district can't obtain enough parental consent forms when using active consent?
Staff School Climate Survey
» What is the School Climate Survey?
» What is the survey's purpose?
» What data does the survey collect?
» When does the survey have to be administered?
» Who should take the survey?
» How do I survey staff that work at multiple sites?
» How is the survey administered?
» How is the survey to be coordinated?
» How is participation monitored?
» How are the results reported?
» Who will have access to the SCS data?
» How do I share my SCS results with others?
» What are the costs of the SCS?
Confidentiality
» Who will have access to our survey results and how will they be kept confidential?
» How is confidentiality maintained in small LEAs?
» Are the rights of students and parents protected?
Data Use
» Will the results be reliable?
» What comparability is there between the HKS and other surveys?
» What do I do if I have pre-existing trend data from another survey?
Effects of Survey Participation
» Will the survey generate controversy?
» Will the survey cause youth to try drugs or other health-risk behaviors?
Survey Options
» Should I collect school-level data?
» Can this survey be used as an evaluation tool for a specific program?